# 1979 South American Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 1979 South American Championships in Athletics which took place at the Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo in Bucaramanga, Colombia, between 31 October and 4 November.

## Men's results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Altevir de Araújo | Brazil | 10.4 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Manuel Ramírez | Colombia | 10.6 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 10.8 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Eduardo de Brito | Argentina | 10.9 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Carlos Rodríguez | Panama | 10.9 | |
| 6 | 1 | Ely Zabala | Venezuela | 11.0 | |
| 7 | 1 | José Valverde | Peru | 11.2 | |
| 1 | 2 | Reinaldo Lizardi | Venezuela | 10.4 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Milton de Castro | Brazil | 10.7 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | José Luis Elías | Peru | 10.8 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Gustavo Dubarbier | Argentina | 10.9 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Fabio García | Colombia | 11.0 | |
| 6 | 2 | Héctor Fernández | Chile | 11.1 | |
| 7 | 2 | Alfonso Pitters | Panama | 11.3 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Altevir de Araújo | Brazil | 10.1 | CR |
| | Manuel Ramírez | Colombia | 10.4 | |
| | Reinaldo Lizardi | Venezuela | 10.6 | |
| 4 | José Luis Elías | Peru | 10.6 | |
| 5 | Eduardo de Brito | Argentina | 10.7 | |
| 6 | Gustavo Dubarbier | Argentina | 10.7 | |
| 7 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 10.8 | |
| 8 | Milton de Castro | Brazil | 10.8 | |

### 200 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Altevir de Araújo | Brazil | 21.0 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Héctor Daley | Panama | 21.1 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Fabio García | Colombia | 21.7 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | José Luis Elías | Peru | 21.9 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Ely Zabala | Venezuela | 22.0 | |
| 6 | 1 | Enrique Tapia | Chile | 22.1 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ricardo Donda | Argentina | 22.3 | |
| 1 | 2 | Manuel Ramírez | Colombia | 21.1 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Katsuhiko Nakaya | Brazil | 21.2 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 21.5 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Reinaldo Lizardi | Venezuela | 21.6 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Eduardo de Brito | Argentina | 21.7 | |
| 6 | 2 | Carlos Rodríguez | Panama | 22.1 | |
| 7 | 2 | José Pérez | Peru | 22.6 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Altevir de Araújo | Brazil | 20.5 | CR |
| | Katsuhiko Nakaya | Brazil | 20.8 | |
| | Héctor Daley | Panama | 21.1 | |
| 4 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 21.1 | |
| 5 | Manuel Ramírez | Colombia | 21.2 | |
| 6 | Fabio García | Colombia | 21.2 | |
| 7 | Reinaldo Lizardi | Venezuela | 21.5 | |
| | José Luis Elías | Peru | ? | |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Ramón Reyes | Venezuela | 47.7 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Antônio Ferreira | Brazil | 48.0 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Héctor Daley | Panama | 48.1 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Felipe Mascaró | Chile | 48.1 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Jesús Olier | Colombia | 48.6 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Moisés del Castillo | Peru | 51.8 | |
| 1 | 2 | Geraldo Pegado | Brazil | 48.1 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Patricio Valenzuela | Chile | 48.5 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Gabriel Lopera | Colombia | 48.7 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Alexis Herrera | Venezuela | 48.7 | |
| 5 | 2 | Gabriel Castellá | Argentina | 49.2 | |
| 6 | 2 | Luis Otoya | Peru | 50.7 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Geraldo Pegado | Brazil | 46.2 | CR |
| | Antônio Ferreira | Brazil | 46.9 | |
| | Héctor Daley | Panama | 47.4 | |
| 4 | Ramón Reyes | Venezuela | 47.5 | |
| 5 | Felipe Mascaró | Chile | 47.7 | |
| 6 | Gabriel Lopera | Colombia | 47.9 | |
| 7 | Jesús Olier | Colombia | 48.4 | |
| 8 | Patricio Valenzuela | Chile | 48.4 | |

### 800 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Cristián Molina | Chile | 1:49.9 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | José Velázquez | Venezuela | 1:50.3 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Omar Amdematten | Argentina | 1:50.4 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Cosme do Nascimento | Brazil | 1:50.4 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Abel Godoy | Uruguay | 1:51.5 | |
| 6 | 1 | Óscar Carrillo | Colombia | 1:52.0 | |
| 7 | 1 | Roger Soler | Peru | 1:52.5 | |
| 1 | 2 | William Wuycke | Venezuela | 1:49.3 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Pedro Cáceres | Argentina | 1:49.4 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Felipe Mascaró | Chile | 1:49.7 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Cristóbal Méndez | Panama | 1:50.4 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Wilson dos Santos | Brazil | 1:50.4 | |
| 6 | 2 | Gabriel Lopera | Colombia | 1:51.2 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Cristián Molina | Chile | 1:47.8 | CR |
| | William Wuycke | Venezuela | 1:47.9 | |
| | Pedro Cáceres | Argentina | 1:48.5 | NR |
| 4 | Felipe Mascaró | Chile | 1:48.8 | |
| 5 | Cosme do Nascimento | Brazil | 1:49.1 | |
| 6 | Omar Amdematten | Argentina | 1:49.8 | |
| 7 | José Velázquez | Venezuela | 1:50.5 | |
| 8 | Cristóbal Méndez | Panama | 1:51.1 | |

### 1500 metres

2 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Emilio Ulloa | Chile | 3:47.0 | CR |
| | José Velázquez | Venezuela | 3:47.6 | |
| | Wilson de Santana | Brazil | 3:47.9 | |
| 4 | José Bautista | Colombia | 3:48.5 | |
| 5 | Omar Ortega | Argentina | 3:49.8 | |
| 6 | Johnny Pérez | Bolivia | 3:50.6 | PB |
| 7 | Jairo Cubillos | Colombia | 3:50.9 | |
| 8 | Cosme do Nascimento | Brazil | 3:52.1 | |
| 9 | Abel Godoy | Uruguay | 3:52.9 | |
| 10 | Omar Amdematten | Argentina | ? | |
| 11 | Roger Soler | Peru | 3:53.0 | |
| 12 | Víctor Ríos | Chile | 3:53.8 | |
| 13 | Gonzalo Huggins | Venezuela | 3:54.1 | |

### 5000 metres

2 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Alejandro Silva | Chile | 13:57.2 | CR |
| | Domingo Tibaduiza | Colombia | 14:03.4 | |
| | Johnny Pérez | Bolivia | 14:16.1 | |
| 4 | Víctor Maldonado | Venezuela | 14:19.8 | |
| 5 | Cláudio Ribeiro | Brazil | 14:24.3 | |
| 6 | José João da Silva | Brazil | 14:37.0 | |
| 7 | Jairo Cubillos | Colombia | 14:53.8 | |
| 8 | Bruno Carrasquel | Venezuela | 14:55.2 | |

### 10,000 metres

2 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Silvio Salazar | Colombia | 28:50.4 |
| | Domingo Tibaduiza | Colombia | 28:51.2 |
| | Víctor Maldonado | Venezuela | 29:37.3 |
| 4 | Alejandro Silva | Chile | 29:55.9 |
| 5 | Lucirio Garrido | Venezuela | 29:58.5 |
| 6 | José João da Silva | Brazil | 30:10.2 |
| 7 | Edson Bergara | Brazil | 30:30.6 |
| 8 | Fernando Marrón | Argentina | 31:50.8 |

### Marathon

4 November – Distance too short
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Luis Barbosa | Colombia | 1:56:12 |
| | Alfonso Torres | Colombia | 1:57:25 |
| | Lucirio Garrido | Venezuela | 1:59:30 |
| 4 | Elói Schleder | Brazil | 2:00:23 |
| 5 | Raúl Llusá | Argentina | 2:04:38 |
| 6 | Osvaldo Cornejo | Chile | 2:06:07 |
| 7 | Hélio Aguiar | Brazil | 2:06:56 |
| 8 | José Ramírez | Chile | 2:12:29 |

### 110 metres hurdles

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Andrés Lyon | Chile | 14.4 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Wellington da Nóbrega | Brazil | 14.6 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Aníbal Vallenilla | Venezuela | 15.3 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Guillermo Gago | Argentina | 15.3 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Salvador Ruiz | Panama | 15.7 | |
| 1 | 2 | Alfredo Piza | Chile | 14.5 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Roberto González | Peru | 14.9 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Carlos dos Santos | Brazil | 15.0 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Óscar Marín | Venezuela | 15.1 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Rodolfo Iturraspe | Argentina | 15.1 | |
| 6 | 2 | Amos Millwood | Panama | 15.1 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Wellington da Nóbrega | Brazil | 14.4 |
| | Carlos dos Santos | Brazil | 14.6 |
| | Andrés Lyon | Chile | 14.9 |
| 4 | Roberto González | Peru | 14.9 |
| 5 | Aníbal Vallenilla | Venezuela | 15.0 |
| 6 | Óscar Marín | Venezuela | 15.2 |
| | Alfredo Piza | Chile | ? |
| | Guillermo Gago | Argentina | ? |

### 400 metres hurdles

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Antônio Ferreira | Brazil | 52.2 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Darío Cano | Colombia | 53.1 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Salvador Ruiz | Panama | 53.7 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Freddy Aberdeen | Venezuela | 53.8 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Rodolfo Iturraspe | Argentina | 53.9 | |
| 6 | 1 | Alfredo Piza | Chile | 54.3 | |
| 7 | 1 | Luis Otoya | Peru | 55.7 | |
| 1 | 2 | Jesús Betancourt | Colombia | 52.4 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Donizete Soares | Brazil | 52.7 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | José Gregorio Davis | Venezuela | 52.7 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Gustavo Arellano | Chile | 53.6 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Guillermo Gago | Argentina | 53.8 | |
| 6 | 2 | Amos Millwood | Panama | 57.6 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Antônio Ferreira | Brazil | 50.7 | CR |
| | Donizete Soares | Brazil | 51.1 | |
| | José Gregorio Davis | Venezuela | 51.1 | |
| 4 | Jesús Betancourt | Colombia | 51.8 | |
| 5 | Darío Cano | Colombia | 52.9 | |
| 6 | Freddy Aberdeen | Venezuela | 54.2 | |
| 7 | Salvador Ruiz | Panama | 55.9 | |
| 8 | Gustavo Arellano | Chile | 57.5 | |

### 3000 metres steeplechase

31 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Germán Aranda | Colombia | 8:52.3 | |
| | Elói Schleder | Brazil | 8:57.4 | |
| | Johnny Pérez | Bolivia | 8:58.6 | NR |
| 4 | Henry Carvajal | Colombia | 8:58.7 | |
| 5 | Gentil de Mello | Brazil | 9:05.2 | |
| 6 | Emilio Ulloa | Chile | 9:12.0 | |
| 7 | Luis Palma | Chile | 9:13.6 | |
| 8 | Rafael Colmenares | Venezuela | 9:14.6 | |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

2 November
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| | Venezuela | Reinaldo Lizardi, Ely Zabala, Esteban Briceño, Miguel Condé | 40.0 | CR |
| | Brazil | Milton de Castro, Geraldo Pegado, Katsuhiko Nakaya, Altevir de Araújo | 40.2 | |
| | Argentina | Angel Gagliano, Gustavo Dubarbier, Carlos Gambetta, Ricardo Donda | 40.4 | |
| 4 | Chile | Enrique Tapia, Luis Alberto Schneider, Patricio Valenzuela, Héctor Fernández | 41.3 | |
| 5 | Peru | José Valverde, José Luis Elías, Luis Otoya, Roberto González | 41.4 | |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

4 November
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| | Venezuela | Hipolito Brown, Alexis Herrera, Oswaldo Zea, William Wuycke | 3:09.8 | |
| | Argentina | Gabriel Castellá, Carlos Gambetta, Pedro Cáceres, Angel Gagliano | 3:10.5 | NR |
| | Brazil | Donizete Soares, Wilson dos Santos, Antônio Ferreira, Geraldo Pegado | 3:10.5 | |
| 4 | Colombia | Jesús Olier, Jesús Betancourt, F. Valois, Gabriel Lopera | 3:12.7 | |
| 5 | Chile | Patricio Valenzuela, Felipe Mascaró, Cristián Molina, Emilio Ulloa | 3:15.6 | |
| 6 | Peru | Moisés del Castillo, Luis Otoya, José Pérez, José Luis Elías | 3:22.8 | |

### 20 kilometres walk

1 November – Distance too short
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Ernesto Alfaro | Colombia | 1:29:31 |
| | Waldemar da Silva | Brazil | 1:29:37 |
| | Jorge Quiñonez | Colombia | 1:29:51 |
| 4 | Marcial López | Venezuela | 1:32:56 |
| 5 | Reinaldo Luces | Venezuela | 1:39:58 |
| 6 | Juan Yañez | Chile | 1:42:12 |

### High jump

3 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Daniel Mamet | Argentina | 2.12 | CR |
| | Geraldo Rodrigues | Brazil | 2.09 | |
| | Irajá Cecy | Brazil | 2.09 | |
| 4 | Carlos Gambetta | Argentina | 2.09 | |
| 5 | Rodrigo de la Fuente | Chile | 2.06 | |
| 6 | Víctor Migliaro | Chile | 2.03 | |
| 7 | Carlos Izquierdo | Colombia | 2.00 | |
| 8 | Ricardo Padmore | Panama | 1.90 | |

### Pole vault

1 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Fernando Ruocco | Uruguay | 4.70 | CR |
| | Tito Steiner | Argentina | 4.60 | |
| | Henry Gómez | Colombia | 4.45 | |
| 4 | Juan Carlos Meza | Chile | 4.30 | |
| 5 | Roberto Steinmez | Argentina | 4.30 | |
| 6 | Carlos de Souza | Brazil | 4.20 | |
| 7 | Enrique Goytisolo | Peru | 4.20 | |
| 8 | Sebastián Errázuriz | Chile | 4.20 | |

### Long jump

1 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Oswaldo Torres | Venezuela | 7.67 |
| | Carlos Gambetta | Argentina | 7.58 |
| | Francisco de Oliveira | Brazil | 7.57 |
| 4 | Eduardo Labalta | Argentina | 7.31 |
| 5 | José Salazar | Venezuela | 7.13 |
| 6 | Ronald Raborg | Peru | 7.12 |
| 7 | Jaime Cifuentes | Colombia | 6.84 |

### Triple jump

4 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | José Salazar | Venezuela | 16.23 |
| | Francisco de Oliveira | Brazil | 16.15 |
| | Celso Pereira | Brazil | 15.83 |
| 4 | Angel Gagliano | Argentina | 15.75 |
| 5 | Jaime Cifuentes | Colombia | 15.29 |
| 6 | Jorge Mazzeo | Argentina | 15.19 |

### Shot put

4 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Gert Weil | Chile | 16.42 |
| | Jesús Ramos | Venezuela | 16.22 |
| | José Carlos Jacques | Brazil | 16.20 |
| 4 | William Romero | Venezuela | 15.60 |
| 5 | José Luiz Carabolante | Brazil | 15.28 |
| 6 | Modesto Barreto | Colombia | 14.86 |
| 7 | José Pérez | Chile | 14.74 |
| 8 | José Orozco | Colombia | 14.02 |

### Discus throw

31 October – Light implement (1.75 kg)
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Sérgio Thomé | Brazil | 56.10 |
| | Luis Palacios | Venezuela | 54.42 |
| | José Carlos Jacques | Brazil | 53.10 |
| 4 | Modesto Barreto | Colombia | 52.86 |
| 5 | Wilfredo Jaimes | Venezuela | 51.30 |
| 6 | Juan Ortega | Colombia | 50.36 |
| 7 | Alejandro Serrano | Chile | 48.70 |
| 8 | Eduardo Vieira | Chile | 45.88 |

### Hammer throw

4 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | José Alberto Vallejo | Argentina | 63.44 |
| | Celso de Moraes | Brazil | 61.44 |
| | Daniel Gómez | Argentina | 57.60 |
| 4 | Ivam Bertelli | Brazil | 56.60 |
| 5 | Pedro Díaz | Colombia | 47.70 |
| 6 | Manuel Consiglieri | Peru | 41.46 |
| 8 | William Romero | Venezuela | 38.96 |

### Javelin throw

2 November – Old model
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Angel Garmendia | Argentina | 72.32 | CR |
| | Orángel Rodríguez | Venezuela | 70.32 | |
| | Paulo Hasse | Brazil | 68.84 | |
| 4 | Héctor Carabalí | Colombia | 68.64 | |
| 5 | Eustacio de León | Panama | 68.00 | |
| 6 | Mario González | Venezuela | 66.30 | |
| 7 | Amílcar de Barros | Brazil | 62.00 | |
| 8 | Pablo Cangiani | Argentina | ??.?? | |

### Decathlon

1–2 November – 1962 tables (1985 conversions given with *)
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Conv. |
| | Alfredo Silva | Chile | 11.3 | 6.63 | 12.38 | 1.94 | 51.6 | 15.3 | 36.66 | 3.60 | 55.68 | 4:42.4 | 6991 | 6814* |
| | Ángel Montezuma | Venezuela | 11.3 | 6.53 | 12.28 | 1.80 | 50.4 | 15.3 | 43.88 | 3.40 | 53.80 | 4:40.8 | 6964 | 6794* |
| | Claudio Escauriza | Paraguay | 11.2 | 6.64 | 12.92 | 1.83 | 52.0 | 16.4 | 41.56 | 3.50 | 56.26 | 5:03.9 | 6788 | 6791* |
| 4 | Luiz Felix dos Santos | Brazil | 11.1 | 6.19 | 11.04 | 1.80 | 49.9 | 15.7 | 35.18 | 3.10 | 53.06 | 4:34.0 | 6609 | 6443* |
| 5 | Fernando Brito | Brazil | 11.2 | 6.64 | 11.26 | 1.83 | 52.1 | 16.2 | 34.26 | 4.00 | 45.64 | 4:56.4 | 6583 | 6378* |
| 6 | Juan Ríos | Venezuela | 11.1 | 5.90 | 11.98 | 1.70 | 52.8 | 17.0 | 36.34 | 3.90 | 54.14 | 5:01.8 | 6371 | 6163* |
| 7 | Óscar Vélez | Colombia | 11.4 | 6.39 | 6.86 | 1.86 | 52.4 | 15.1 | 17.98 | 3.70 | 43.66 | 4:40.1 | 5845 | |

## Women's results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia | Brazil | 11.7 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Belkis Fava | Argentina | 12.2 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Martha Meléndez | Colombia | 12.3 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Carla Herencia | Chile | 12.4 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Brigitte Winter | Peru | 12.5 | |
| 6 | 1 | Yaneris Guerra | Venezuela | 12.6 | |
| 1 | 2 | Carmela Bolívar | Peru | 11.7 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Beatriz Allocco | Argentina | 11.9 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Sheila de Oliveira | Brazil | 12.2 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Glenis Báez | Venezuela | 12.3 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Patricia Morales | Colombia | 12.6 | |
| 6 | 2 | Zaida Núñez | Panama | 12.6 | |
| 7 | 2 | Flavia Villar | Chile | 12.7 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Beatriz Allocco | Argentina | 11.7 | =CR |
| | Carmela Bolívar | Peru | 11.8 | |
| | Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia | Brazil | 11.8 | |
| 4 | Sheila de Oliveira | Brazil | 11.8 | |
| 5 | Glenis Báez | Venezuela | 12.0 | |
| 6 | Martha Meléndez | Colombia | 12.0 | |
| 7 | Belkis Fava | Argentina | 12.1 | |
| | Carla Herencia | Chile | ? | |

### 200 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Carmela Bolívar | Peru | 24.1 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia | Brazil | 24.2 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Miriam Rojas | Colombia | 24.4 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Elsa Antúnez | Venezuela | 24.7 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Belkis Fava | Argentina | 24.7 | |
| 6 | 1 | Flavia Villar | Chile | 25.1 | |
| 1 | 2 | Beatriz Allocco | Argentina | 24.0 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Tânia Miranda | Brazil | 24.2 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Martha Meléndez | Colombia | 24.5 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Glenis Báez | Venezuela | 24.7 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Carla Herencia | Chile | 25.1 | |
| 6 | 2 | Zaida Núñez | Panama | 25.5 | |
| 7 | 2 | R. Heredia | Peru | 26.5 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Beatriz Allocco | Argentina | 23.5 |
| | Tânia Miranda | Brazil | 24.1 |
| | Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia | Brazil | 24.1 |
| 4 | Miriam Rojas | Colombia | 24.2 |
| 5 | Carmela Bolívar | Peru | 24.3 |
| 6 | Elsa Antúnez | Venezuela | 24.3 |
| 7 | Martha Meléndez | Colombia | 24.3 |
| 8 | Glenis Báez | Venezuela | 24.9 |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Tânia Miranda | Brazil | 55.4 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Margarita Grun | Uruguay | 56.1 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | María Ocoro | Colombia | 56.7 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | María Eugenia Guzmán | Chile | 57.1 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Anabella dal Lago | Argentina | 57.7 | |
| 6 | 1 | Carmela Bolívar | Peru | 58.3 | |
| 7 | 1 | Virginia Davis | Venezuela | 59.9 | |
| 1 | 2 | Adriana Marchena | Venezuela | 55.8 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Joyce dos Santos | Brazil | 56.4 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Miriam Rojas | Colombia | 56.5 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Marcela López | Argentina | 57.0 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Nancy González | Chile | 58.4 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Tânia Miranda | Brazil | 54.2 | CR |
| | Margarita Grun | Uruguay | 54.8 | |
| | Miriam Rojas | Colombia | 54.8 | |
| 4 | Adriana Marchena | Venezuela | 55.5 | |
| 5 | Marcela López | Argentina | 56.0 | |
| 6 | María Eugenia Guzmán | Chile | 56.4 | |
| 7 | María Ocoro | Colombia | 56.4 | |
| 8 | Joyce dos Santos | Brazil | 58.5 | |

### 800 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Alejandra Ramos | Chile | 2:11.5 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Yamila Medina | Colombia | 2:12.0 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Joyce dos Santos | Brazil | 2:17.0 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Virginia Davis | Venezuela | 2:18.9 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Margarita Grun | Uruguay | 2:19.0 | |
| 6 | 1 | Olga Caccaviello | Argentina | 2:22.5 | |
| 1 | 2 | Nancy González | Chile | 2:13.2 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Marcela López | Argentina | 2:13.4 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Adriana Marchena | Venezuela | 2:14.8 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Luz Villa | Colombia | 2:14.8 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Rosa de Souza | Brazil | 2:14.9 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Alejandra Ramos | Chile | 2:04.2 | AR |
| | Nancy González | Chile | 2:09.8 | |
| | Adriana Marchena | Venezuela | 2:10.4 | |
| 4 | Yamila Medina | Colombia | 2:12.4 | |
| 5 | Joyce dos Santos | Brazil | 2:13.5 | |
| 6 | Rosa de Souza | Brazil | 2:14.2 | |
| 7 | Luz Villa | Colombia | 2:15.1 | |

### 1500 metres

31 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Alejandra Ramos | Chile | 4:23.2 | CR |
| | Teresa Rodríguez | Colombia | 4:32.6 | |
| | Mónica Regonesi | Chile | 4:36.1 | |
| 4 | Bernarda Osorio | Chile | 4:39.5 | |
| 5 | Maricela Montañez | Venezuela | 4:47.6 | |
| 6 | Rosa de Souza | Brazil | 4:48.2 | |
| 7 | Soraya Telles | Brazil | 4:50.5 | |
| 8 | Olga Caccaviello | Argentina | 4:54.8 | |

### 100 metres hurdles

2 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Yvonne Neddermann | Argentina | 14.2 |
| | Olga Verissimo | Brazil | 14.4 |
| | Beatriz Capotosto | Argentina | 14.7 |
| 4 | Carla Campusano | Peru | 14.7 |
| 5 | Patricia Deck | Chile | 14.7 |
| 6 | Maria José Ferreira | Brazil | 15.1 |
| 7 | Leonor Santana | Colombia | 15.1 |
| 8 | Jule Araya | Chile | 15.3 |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

2 November
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | Argentina | Marisol Besada, Belkis Fava, Yvonne Neddermann, Beatriz Allocco | 46.0 |
| | Brazil | Maria Soares, Olga Verissimo, Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia, Sheila de Oliveira | 46.1 |
| | Venezuela | Glennis Báez, Adriana Marchena, Elsa Antúnez, Yaneris Guerra | 46.6 |
| 4 | Colombia | Miriam Rojas, Martha Meléndez, Álvarez, Luz Villa | 46.7 |
| 5 | Peru | Carmela Bolívar, Brigitte Winter, R. Heredia, Carla Campusano | 47.6 |
| 6 | Chile | Carla Herencia, Flavia Villar, Paz Abalos, María Eugenia Guzmán | 47.7 |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

2 November
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| | Brazil | Maria Soares, Joyce dos Santos, Conceição Geremias, Tânia Miranda | 3:42.0 | AR |
| | Chile | Maria Eugenia Guzman, Carla Herencia, Nancy González, Alejandra Ramos | 3:44.6 | |
| | Colombia | Ángela Mancilla, Luz Villa, Maŕia Ocoro, Miriam Rojas | 3:45.1 | |
| 4 | Argentina | Anabella dal Lago, Marcela López, Yvonne Neddermann, Marisol Besada | 3:48.2 | |
| 5 | Venezuela | Piñango, Virginia Davis, Adriana Marchena, Elsa Antúnez | 3:56.3 | |
| 6 | Peru | R. Heredia, Brigitte Winter, Carla Campusano, Carmela Bolívar | 3:56.3 | |

### High jump

1 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Ana Maria Marcon | Brazil | 1.75 |
| | Liliana Arigoni | Argentina | 1.75 |
| | Beatriz Dias | Brazil | 1.70 |
| 4 | Beatriz Arancibia | Chile | 1.70 |
| 5 | Elizabeth Huber | Chile | 1.70 |
| 6 | Iraima Parra | Venezuela | 1.55 |

### Long jump

3 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Themis Zambrzycki | Brazil | 6.03 |
| | Conceição Geremias | Brazil | 5.95 |
| | Yvonne Neddermann | Argentina | 5.92 |
| 4 | Araceli Bruschini | Argentina | 5.75 |
| 5 | Beatriz Arancibia | Chile | 5.56 |
| 6 | Tania Sangronis | Venezuela | 5.42 |
| 7 | Ximena Mesa | Chile | 5.40 |
| 8 | Alix Castillo | Venezuela | 5.24 |

### Shot put

4 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Magdalena Gómez | Colombia | 13.94 |
| | Themis Zambrzycki | Brazil | 13.84 |
| | Maria Boso | Brazil | 13.24 |
| 4 | Alejandra Bevacqua | Argentina | 13.04 |
| 5 | Patricia Andrews | Venezuela | 13.04 |
| 6 | Alicia Vicent | Uruguay | 12.94 |
| 7 | Patricia Guerrero | Peru | 12.86 |
| 8 | Jazmín Cirio | Chile | 12.92 |

### Discus throw

2 November
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Sandra Peres | Brazil | 46.11 |
| | Maria Boso | Brazil | 42.54 |
| | Selene Saldarriaga | Colombia | 41.78 |
| 4 | Miriam Yutronic | Chile | 41.14 |
| 5 | Patricia Andrews | Venezuela | 40.24 |
| 6 | Susana Diez | Argentina | 40.14 |
| 7 | Lucía Azcune | Uruguay | 39.88 |
| 8 | Ana Elena Gambaccini | Argentina | 36.14 |

### Javelin throw

31 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Marli dos Santos | Brazil | 50.92 | CR |
| | Neusa Trolezzi | Brazil | 45.07 | |
| | Ana María Campillay | Argentina | 42.30 | |
| 4 | Patricia Guerrero | Peru | 41.47 | |
| 5 | Susana Diez | Argentina | 40.47 | |
| 6 | Marbella Navas | Venezuela | 40.46 | |
| 7 | Rosa Chamorro | Chile | 36.04 | |

### Pentathlon

31 October – 1 November
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m H | SP | HJ | LJ | 800m | Points |
| | Themis Zambrzycki | Brazil | 14.4 | 13.28 | 1.75 | 5.89 | 2:33.1 | 4117 |
| | Conceição Geremias | Brazil | 15.0 | 12.26 | 1.63 | 4.99 | 2:14.8 | 3880 |
| | Yvonne Neddermann | Argentina | 14.5 | 11.36 | 1.50 | 5.64 | 2:19.4 | 3833 |
| 4 | Alix Castillo | Venezuela | 15.0 | 10.94 | 1.60 | 5.30 | 2:32.0 | 3632 |
| 5 | Evelyn Jabiles | Peru | 14.9 | 11.20 | 1.66 | 5.29 | 2:42.1 | 3617 |
| 6 | Ximena Mesa | Chile | 16.7 | 8.50 | 1.53 | 5.26 | DNF | 2560 |